Hammock.



No. 627,994. Patented July 4, 1899..

B. C, FUNKE.

HAMMOCK.

(Application filed Nov. 15, 1898.)

(" 0 Model.)

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

ROBERT C. FUNKE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAMMOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,994, dated July 4,1899.

Application filed November 15, 1898. Serial No. 696,539. (No model.) M

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT C. FUNKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Hammocks, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide comparatively inexpensive,strong, durable, and sightly means for connecting a hammock body or bedwith the loops of its suspensioncord and also, when desirable, with astretcher or spreader.

To this end my invention comprises the improvements hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The nature, characteristic features, and scope of my invention will bemore fully understood from the following description,taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, and in which-Figure 1. is a perspective view illustrating a hammock embodyingfeatures of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a detail view drawn to an enlargedscale and illustrating a portion of the head end of the hammock. Figs.3, 4, and 5 are views respectively illustrating stages in themanufacture of a hammock embodying features of my invention; and Figs. 6and 7 are, respectively, views of opposite sides of a portion of thehammock that is illustrated at the foot end thereof in Fig. 1.

In the drawings are shown a series of loops 1, formed by thesuspension-cord. These loops may be made by tying the suspensioncord tothe ring or device 2 in such manner that it is repeatedly carriedoutward and back, thus forming the loops .1. The 11ammock body or bed 3may be hemmed at its ends, and the ends are split so as to form a seriesof tabs 4, Fig. 3 Each tab 4 may then be hemmed along its edges,-asshown by dotted lines in Fig. 4. Each tab is inserted through the bightof a loop 1, as shown in Fig. 5, and the edges of the tab are doubledover the cords of the loop and sewed to place, as indicated by dottedlines at 5, Fig. 6, so that in the complete structure the tab issurrounded by the bight 6, Fig. 7, of the loop and the respective cordsof the loop pass through tubular openings in the tab formed by foldingover and sewing down the edges of the same. Such a union or connectionis neat in appearance, durable in use, and-easy to manufacture. In thisconnection the fact that the loops are formed in the suspensioncord isobviously advantageous in that it effects a saving of time in riggingthe hammocks.

Where a stretcher or spreader 7 is employed, it" may be held to place bytaking a turn around it with the loops, as shown at 8 in Fig. 2, and atthe ends the spreader may be provided with a ring, through which one ofthe tabs passes. When the hammock is loaded, the suspension-cordsoperate to draw the tabs and stretcher into firm contact with eachother, so that slipping is obviated and the stretcher is retained toplace.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains that modifications may be made in details without departingfrom the spirit thereof. Hence I do notlimit myself to the preciseconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinabove set forth, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings; but,

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of loops formed in the suspension-cord, and tabsprojecting from the bed and passing through the loops and having theirside edges folded and attached to form tubular openings through whichthe respective cords of the loop pass, substantially as described.

2. In combination loops formed in the suspension-cord, and a hammock-bedprovided at its ends with laterally-hemmed tabs which pass through theloops and have their side portions folded over the cords of the loopsand sewed in the direction of the length of signed my name.

ROBERT C. FUNKE. In presence of- W. J. JACKSON, K. M. GILLIGAN.

